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  1. Erwin
    Moving for a short distance (10m-20m) then pausing and hiding has worked well in my experience in most situations where one's troops are moving in sight of enemy (if not already being shot at). Recommend to move FAST for a short distance in this situation however. If you use QUICK, the AI could make your troops stop and return fire. eg: I had an AT team move QUICK and while moving they spotted an enemy tank. The AI had them stop and shoot the tank. In this case it was a pleasure to watch. In the situation described above, you would not want them to stop and return fire.
  2. Erwin
    Is this a UHD (4K) TV? How did the game look on that size screen?
  3. Erwin
    Love the BRM-1K. The Corsar looks too clean and "toy-like". Needs some graphical treatment to make it look a bit rougher/dented maybe some dirty camo?
  4. Erwin
    "As a last resort you could potentially edit the 'display size.txt' file (within each CM game's main directory). Replace the "0 0 0" with something like "1920 1080 60" and save it (as a simple text file with no 'carriage return / enter' at the end). There will be a single space between each number." As someone who does that all the time to get the dimensions of the game correct onscreen, am not convinced that one needs the "60". IIRC leaving it at 0 lets the monitor run at a default refresh rate.
  5. Erwin
    "For those who already have everything, there will be an easy and inexpensive way to upgrade what you have." Thank you. That is generous. I was expecting to have to pay same as for a whole new game family.
  6. Erwin
    Nice review.
  7. Erwin
    Unfortunately, a bright emblem like that screams "Shoot me right here!"
  8. Erwin
    Am not a tech grog. But, there have been problems with the AMD videocard. Most of us use NVidia.
  9. Erwin
    I don't really care one way of the other. But, a 30mm cannon seems to be designed for fighting other AFV's - which it seems is not what the Stryker is good for. The 105mm seems much better for inf support.
  10. Erwin
    Pretty explicit: "A Stryker formation would dismount its infantry one terrain feature away from the objective. The dismounted infantry would then assault the objective with the vehicles they left behind providing supporting fires from either their MK-19 grenade launchers or .50-caliber machine guns. These objectives are intended to be ones that light infantry would be traditionally tasked with. Nowhere in the doctrine does it discuss Strykers matching up with enemy armored forces. The greatest tragedy for a Stryker formation is a destroyed Stryker with its squad still in the back, which is exactly what would happen when put up against a tank."
  11. Erwin
    I like the worn look. Altho' the red badge should be faded a lot. It stands out making the camo less effective.
  12. Erwin
    "...have a platoon take the place of each recce team, one left, one middle, one right." Recon SOP raises an issue I struggle with: Is it better to use a single platoon and divide up all squads and use the entire platoon for recon - meaning that one platoon is spread all over the map - possibly out of C2, and not able to concentrate for combat. Or, should one divide up one squad per platoon and use only that team for recon ahead of its platoon (staying in C2) - thus leaving the rest of the platoon combat ready?
  13. Erwin
    That is bootiful! Glory to Olek!
  14. Erwin
    Altho' to be fair, the UKR govt probably has more than 3 or 4 guys working on the project and a slightly higher budget.
  15. Erwin
    So, the tank was only "partially hull down"?
  16. Erwin
    I was going to ask if you could do a version for CMSF. But, I figure we may get CMSF2 soon.
  17. Erwin
    Note the hits to the upper hull. Could the tank be "more" hull down? Or, is that a random game effect?
  18. Erwin
    Maybe we need to have it made explicit whether we are talking about what works in the game vs in RL. I was interpreting Olek's points as what works in the game. That is also what inspires my own comments. CM2 is a game. I thought we were all here trying to learn how to be better players.
  19. Erwin
    Is that CM2v3 then? I didn't think there currently exists Reshade for v4(?)
  20. Erwin
    I like to use the minimum necessary force to accomplish an objective. I have played missions where I leave a reserve, and if all goes well, I don't use it at all. Also, you can decide that only X% casualties are acceptable (regardless of what the end screen says re victory level). In that way you can make any scenario as challenging as you like.
  21. Erwin
    Very nice HT. What terrain mods you using? Or is it primarily the effect of using the WW2 decolorized mode?
  22. Erwin
    Thanks for the new mod, Olek. Anyone know why the Canucks favor black as opposed to the very sensible camo finish the UKR are using???
  23. Erwin
    All new scenarios by new designers are welcome. The best thing is to experiment with new ideas that stretch the potential of CM2.
  24. Erwin
    FWIW I have upgraded to v4. But, I prefer attacking. The above behavior mostly affects the defender.
  25. Erwin
    So the shrapnel from the adjacent burst went through the Abrams. A direct hit doesn't allow shrapnel to form?
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